Litsea Cubeba oil [Species: Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers. (L. citrata Blume), fam. Lauraceae], China.Also known as May Chang. A member of the
Laurel family, the small tree is common throughout Asia.
Although its
fragrant properties were widely known for centuries, it wasn't steam
distilled until about 60 years ago. Since then it has become popular and
is sometimes used in place of Lemongrass. Lemongrass occasionally has
an unfavorable methyl heptenone note not present in Litsea Cubeba.
However, the sweet lemony high notes are virtually the same. For this
reason it may be that Litsea Cubeba is preferable to Lemongrass. The
price is identical and the citral content is virtually the
same.
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